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In What a Body Can Do, Ben Spatz develops, for a first time, a rigorous theory of embodied technique as knowledge. He argues that understanding technique as a field of both training and research has much to offer current discussions around the role of practice in the university,…
On both sides of the stage improv-comedy's popularity has increased exponentially throughout the 1980s and '90s and into the new millennium. Presto! An original song is created out of thin air. With nothing but a suggestion from the audience, daring young improvisers working wit…
A founding member of Peter Brook's international theatre company, Yoshi Oida infuses his acting and directing with the artistry of the Oriental traditions and a mastery of Western forms. In this disarmingly accessible study of the art of acting he shares his unique experience an…
"For centuries the theatre has been one of the major forms of art. Every evening thousands of actors have performed on countless stages world-wide. How did acting, and its institutionalisation in the theatre, begin in the first place? In some cases historians have developed seve…
"For centuries the theatre has been one of the major forms of art. Every evening thousands of actors have performed on countless stages world-wide. How did acting, and its institutionalisation in the theatre, begin in the first place? In some cases historians have developed seve…
This work examines actors and their popular reception from the origins of theatre in Classical Greece to the Roman Empire. The book presents a highly original viewpoint into several new and contested fields of study and offers a systematic survey of evidence for the spread of th…
